Dust-hood for buggy-tops.



No. 652,090. Patented lune l9, I900. C. C. DAUGHEBTY & H. F. KNODERER.

DUST HOOD FOR BUGGY TOPS.

{Application filed Dec. 9, 1899.)

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CHARLES C. DAUGHERTY AND HENRY F. KNODERER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

DUST-HOOD FOR BUGGY-TOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,090, dated June 19,1900. Application filed December 9, 1899. Serial No. 739,742. (Nomodel.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. DAUGH- ERTY and HENRY F. KNODERER,citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Dust-Hoods for Buggy-Tops, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to the improvement of buggy-top dust-hoods of thatclass which are adapted to cover and protect vehicle-tops when thelatter are in their down or folded position; and the objects of ourinvention are to provide an improved cover of this class of superiorconstruction and arrangement of parts, to so construct the same as toadapt it for use on buggy-tops of different sizes, and to insure aneat-fitting cover or hood which will be assured in its position on thetop. These objects we accomplish in the manner illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewin perspectiveshowing our device in use on a folded bu ggy-top. Fig. 2 is a detailview in perspective of the rear adj usting-strip, which we employ in themanner hereinafter described. Fig. 3 is a simi lar View of a secondtransverse adjustingstrip, and Fig. at is a detail view in cross-sectionof the rear end portion of the hood.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out our invention we so shape the body 1 of our improvedhood that when the rear end thereof, which is indicated at 1 in Fig. 4,is turned downward over and engaged with the upper bow or valance of thevehicle the side portions of said body, which are indicated at 2, dropdownward to meet the longer arms of the top bows, thereby forming sidehood-curtains, while the forward end portion 3 of the body is adapted tobe drawn down over the vehicle-seat back 4 in the manner indicated inFig. 1. In order to facilitate and insure the engagement of the rear endof the body 1 with the arch or head of the top bow, we construct therear portion of said hood-body with an adjusting-strip 5, the latterconsisting of a central elastic portion 5, of suitable length, and endportions 5 of leather or other non-elastic material. This adjlisting-strip is sewed or otherwise secured in a casing formed on therear edge of the hood-body, and the end portions of said strippreferably extend to the metallic side hook bars 6, which are secured tothe opposite side wings 2 of the hood adjacent to the lower edgethereof. These hook-bars 6 are provided with under side depressions, asindicated at 7, the substantially hook -shaped bodies thus formed beingadapted to engage, as shown, the laterally-projecting upper top props orprop-joint pins 8. In forming the hook-bars 6 we provide the same intheir forward portions with projections 9,and with the ends of thelatter we connect the ends of a transverse adjustingstrip 10, thisadjusting strip consisting, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 3 of thedrawings, of a central elastic portion 10 and end portions 10, ofleather or other suitable non-elastic material.

11 represents a prop-hook, which may be of suitable material and one ormore of which is secured to the forwardend portion of each side of thehood-body 1, the same being adapted, as indicated in Fig. 1, to engagethe side bowarm 12, which will result in the best adjustment of the hoodthereon.

It is obvious that by securing the elastic portion of theadjusting-strip 5 within the shirred rear edgeof the body 1 the hood orcover will not only be drawn taut and held securely in its place on theupper top bow, but that said hood-body will thus be made adj ustable forvehicle-tops of different widths. It is also evident that the adjListing-strip 10 will serve the purpose of likewise assisting inassuring a perfect fit and taut condition of the upper side of the hood.

By the construction herein shown and described it will be seen that asimple, neat, and close-fitting vehicle-top dust-hood is produced whichwill present a neat appearance and provide a desirable protection forthe vehicle-top against dust or dirt.

Having now fully described our invention, whatwe claim,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dust-hood for buggy-tops, the combination of a dust-hood body 1of flexible material having its rear portion and sides adapted toembrace one or more top bows and its forward portion adapted to engagethe vehicle-seat back, hook-bars secured to the sides of said hood-topand adapted to engage Vehicle-top props and an adjusting-strip securedin the rear end portion of said hoodbody, said adj isting-strip beingformed partially of elastic and partially of non-elastic material,substantially as specified.

2. In a dust-hood for buggy-tops, the combination with the hood-body 1of flexible material having its rear portion adapted to embrace theforward top bow and its forward portion adapted to be hooked intoengagement with the bow side arms, of an adjusting-strip secured in therear end portion of CHARLES C. DAUGHERTY- HENRY F. KNODERER.

In presence of- O. 0. SHEPHERD, A. L. PHELPS.

